We're one week removed from the late national signing period opening up, and the recruiting classes of the Big South have come into better focus. While this is a small conference — team-wise — it has some quality players pledged to its teams.
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2018 FCS RECRUITING: HERO Sports ranked the Top 25 recruits
2017 FCS RECRUITING: HERO Sports ranked the Top 250 recruits
2017 FCS RECRUITING: HERO Sports ranked the Top 50 teams
Here are a couple of things to know:
- HERO Sports will publish an FCS national Top 50 classes piece and a FCS Top 250 incoming freshmen piece on Feb. 21. Leading up to that, we'll be breaking down each conference — all 13 — from an "top individuals" standpoint.
- How did we come up with our ranking list below? Simple — it's subjective, but all recruiting rankings are that way. We combined 247Sports, Rivals, the players' offer lists and our own thoughts to come up with our version of the FCS recruiting rankings. We provide some of their other top offers in the charts. This is our third year doing this.
- We don't include junior college or 4-year school transfers in this. This is strictly incoming high school graduates.
So below are the rankings for the Big South.
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QUICK THOUGHTS ON THE BIG SOUTH: I really love what Kennesaw State head coach Brian Bohannon and his staff are doing. This Owls class is loaded, clearly one of the tops in the FCS nation, and that will be reflected in our final national rankings next Wednesday (Feb. 21). The class features nine signees who held FBS offers — not too shabby by any stretch of the imagination. When these players arrive on campus, they'll immediately be a part of a program that seems destined for a deep playoff run in 2018. This class is loaded on the defensive side of the ball. Newcomer Campbell — who just arrived from the non-scholarship Pioneer League — also did a fantastic job of recruiting, and every class in the Big South had its own gem.
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THE BIG SOUTH TOP 20
| RK | FCS CHOICE | POS | PROSPECT | HOMETOWN | HGT | WGT | OTHER OFFERS |
| 1 | KENNESAW STATE | ATH | Markeith Montgomery | Rossville, GA | 5'9" | 170 | Academies, FAU, Cent. Mich, FCS teams |
| 2 | CAMPBELL | LB | Monchovia Gaffney | Whiteville, NC | 6'0" | 195 | N.C. State, Gardner-Webb |
| 3 | GARDNER-WEBB | DB | Malachi Buckner | Tucker, GA | 6'0" | 185 | Southern Miss, Tulane, Cent. Mich |
| 4 | KENNESAW STATE | DB | Je'Cory Burks | Perry, GA | 6'0" | 170 | Vanderbilt |
| 5 | KENNESAW STATE | DT | Desmond Scott | Pinson, AL | 6'1" | 275 | Ga. State decommit, Mercer |
| 6 | CAMPBELL | QB | Justice Galloway-Velazquez | Fayetteville, NC | 6'2" | 245 | App. State, Ga. State |
| 7 | KENNESAW STATE | DT | Terrell Paxton | Tucker, GA | 6'0" | 270 | Army – 8 FCS offers |
| 8 | CHARLESTON SOUTHERN | DE | Zachary Summers | Ponte Vedra, FL | 6'4" | 205 | Troy, Western Illinois |
| 9 | KENNESAW STATE | DE | Jayden Barron | Thomaston, GA | 6'3" | 245 | 5 FBS offers – 8 total |
| 10 | CHARLESTON SOUTHERN | WR | Tyree Baptiste | Clermont, FL | 6'0" | 175 | South Alabama, Campbell |
| 11 | KENNESAW STATE | DB | Jeremiah Compton | Kingsland, GA | 6'1" | 195 | South. Miss, Academies – 13 offers |
| 12 | CAMPBELL | OL | Austin Blake | Buford, GA | 6'2" | 250 | Georgia State, Alabama A&M |
| 13 | MONMOUTH | RB | Romeo Holden | New Rochelle, NY | 5'11" | 185 | Central Conn. State |
| 14 | GARDNER-WEBB | LB | Matthew Robinson | Belmont, NC | 6'2" | 205 | Army |
| 15 | KENNESAW STATE | OL | Zion Katina | Thompson's Stn, TN | 6'3" | 250 | Air Force – 5 FCS offers |
| 16 | KENNESAW STATE | DE | Kelcy Allen | Phenix City, AL | 6'2" | 260 | Jacksonville State, Citadel |
| 17 | KENNESAW STATE | WR | Taquavian Drake | Wadley, AL | 6'2" | 185 | Tulane – 5 FCS offers |
| 18 | MONMOUTH | OL | Tyler Williams | Ramsey, NJ | 6'4" | 305 | Rhode Island |
| 19 | KENNESAW STATE | DE | Tyler Moore | Phenix City, AL | 6'1" | 245 | App State – 5 FCS offers |
| 20 | PRESBYTERIAN | WR | Wesley Potter | Atlanta, GA | 6'3" | 185 | County player of the year |
